The Visit of Jethro
Exodus 18:6
In 11 translations
- BSB
- He sent word to Moses, “I, your father-in-law Jethro, am coming to you with your wife and her two sons.”
- KJV
- And he said unto Moses, I thy father in law Jethro am come unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her.
- WEB
- He said to Moses, “I, your father-in-law Jethro, have come to you with your wife, and her two sons with her.”
- ASV
- and he said unto Moses, I, thy father-in-law Jethro, am come unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her.
- LSV
- and he says to Moses, “I, your father-in-law Jethro, am coming to you, and your wife, and her two sons with her.”
- YLT
- and he saith unto Moses, 'I, thy father-in-law, Jethro, am coming unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her.'
- DBY
- And he sent word to Moses: I, thy father-in-law Jethro, am come to thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her.
- DRC
- And he sent word to Moses, saying: I Jethro thy kinsman come to thee, and thy wife, and thy two sons with her.
- GNV
- And he said to Moses, I thy father in law Iethro am come to thee, and thy wife and her two sonnes with her.
- JPS
- and he said unto Moses: 'I thy father-in-law Jethro am coming unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her.'
- LXXE
- And it was told Moses, saying, Behold, thy father-in-law Jothor is coming to thee, and thy wife and two sons with him.
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- וַיֹּ֨אמֶר֙ אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֔ה אֲנִ֛י חֹתֶנְךָ֥ יִתְר֖וֹ בָּ֣א אֵלֶ֑יךָ וְאִ֨שְׁתְּךָ֔ וּשְׁנֵ֥י בָנֶ֖יהָ עִמָּֽהּ׃
- LXX-Br
- Ἀνηγγέλη δὲ Μωυσῇ, λέγοντες, ἰδοὺ ὁ γαμβρός σου Ἰοθὸρ παραγίνεται πρὸς σέ, καὶ ἡ γυνὴ καὶ οἱ δύο υἱοί σου μετʼ αὐτοῦ.
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ZipporahJethroMosesKenites, TheCourts, JudicialBlindness, JudicialHeathenIsrael, Religion ofIsrael, History ofDesert, Journey of Israel through the
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